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Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference at the Islamic Art Museum in Doha, Qatar on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Carney says Trump’s ‘escalation’ of Greenland pursuit is concerning

Canadian Prime Minister says he will stress to U.S. President that NATO can protect the territory

Steven Chase

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Trump’s Greenland threats give boost to Churchill port expansion

Already in planning for years, new infrastructure in the northern Manitoba town could help commerce, but also protect Canada’s sovereignty

Jeffrey Jones and Photography by Matt Horseman

The Port of Churchill on the shore of Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba on January 14, 2026.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and United States President Donald Trump speaks before the FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Carney agrees ‘in principle’ to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ but says details must be worked out

Prime Minister wants Canada to participate in rebuilding Gaza after Israel-Hamas war

Steven Chase

3 min read

Electric cars wait to be loaded on the 'BYD Explorer No. 1,' a vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province, Jan. 10, 2024.

Foreign automakers who build vehicles in Canada will get preferential market access, official says

New auto policy coming in February will give favourable access to foreign firms that make cars in Canada

Steven Chase

3 min read

Elie Bérubé stands at the entrance of the warming centre in Bathurst, N.B., on Jan. 16, 2026. Ranz Bontogon/The Globe and Mail

Small and remote towns across Canada are struggling with a surge in homelessness

Unsheltered population has doubled or tripled in remote or rural regions ill-equipped to help

Molly Hayes, Temur Durrani, Frances Bula and Lindsay Jones

7 min read

Heidi Earnshaw is pictured in her studio in Lanark, Ont. The woodworker and designer is the subject of Slow Furniture, an exhibition of recent work at Toronto's Craft Ontario Gallery during the DesignTO festival.

Heidi Earnshaw in her studio in Lanark, Ont. The woodworker and designer is the subject of Slow Furniture, an exhibition of recent work at Toronto's Craft Ontario Gallery during the DesignTO festival.

Less tech in our homes, more craftsmanship: Where design is headed in 2026

As design week kicks off in Toronto, designers discuss where the look, feel and function of our living spaces could go next

2 min read

The Sunday Editorial: Mark Carney walks a fine line on China

Canada can use trade with China to offset economic pressure from the United States, but the Prime Minister must ensure that does not increase Beijing’s capacity for mischief

6 min read

How we live

Skepticism around Blue Zones doesn’t mean their longevity wisdom isn’t real

How much advice can we borrow from the dubious wellness movement?

Senior man looking old boat. Sardinia Italy

4 min read

How a barrel cellar can show you a winemaker’s priorities

Christopher Waters

The ambitious Haywire Winery, which got its start as Okanagan Crush Pad, uses an assortment of large format concrete vessels and smaller egg-shaped containers, along with stainless steel tanks and large oak foudres as part of its winemaking operation.

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Aman’s all-suite hotel is a five-star sanctuary amid Thailand’s bustling capital

Claudia Laroye

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Reno at London’s Kew greenhouse forces its residents to make like trees and leave

Ian Brown and Photography by Justin Griffiths-Williams

2025-10-21, London, UK : An external view of the famous Palm House at Kew Gardens is closing in 2027 for major renovation.

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How a stray cat with a big heart and even bigger claws climbed his way into our lives

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Ottawa’s original grand downtown train station under consideration for city’s high speed rail hub

Bill Curry and Sean Silcoff

Senate of Canada building, and former train station, in Ottawa, Ontario January 16, 2026. Photograph by Blair Gable

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Iran warns U.S. against retaliatory strike after 5,000 reported killed in protests

Demonstrators hold pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in solidarity with Iran's government in Tehran, near the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

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How ‘single exit stairway’ buildings could make cities better and safer

Alex Bozikovic and John Lorinc

Inge Roecker stands in the kitchen of her apartment in the Vancouver building she designed.

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Syrian government, U.S.-backed SDF agree to immediate ceasefire, reports say

Residents topple a statue of a female Kurdish fighter after the takeover of the town by Syrian government forces from U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Tabqa, eastern Syria, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

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Green Day to play Super Bowl opening ceremony on 60th anniversary

FILE - Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day performs during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

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Preventable deaths, ‘near-misses’ caused by overcrowding in Alberta emergency rooms, documents show

Alanna Smith

People walk out of Grey Nuns hospital in Edmonton Alberta, May 7, 2021. With the increased amount of COVID-19 cases in Alberta hospitals are getting over whelmed. Jason Franson/The Globe and Mail.

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Calgary’s water woes a ‘wake-up call’ for all of Canada, engineers warn

Patrick White

City crews check the damage on the Trans-Canada Highway from a reported water main break in Calgary, Alberta December 31, 2025. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail

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Curtain rises on the Terminal Theatre, Toronto’s reimagined stage by the water

Aisling Murphy

Nicolas Palazzolo, bottom, and Steffi DiDomenicantonio rehearse onstage for The Last Five Years at the Terminal Theatre in Toronto on January 15, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)

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Toronto-based doula service aims to end disparities in Black maternal and neonatal health

Ijeoma Ukazu

An estimated 5.9 million Canadians don’t have a primary-care physician or nurse practitioner, according to a recent survey.

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Opinion

Trump and Europe are at each other’s throats. What does it mean?

Tim Sebastian

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 25: (Front row from L) NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, US President Donald Trump, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose with NATO country leaders for a family photo during the NATO Summit on June 25, 2025 in The Hague, Netherlands. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, is being held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises target for defense spending to 5% of GDP. (Photo by Ben Stansall - Pool/Getty Images)

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The declining social good of social media

The Editorial Board

Governments must go after social media platforms like X that allow users to create lewd pictures because these companies won't do it on their own.

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What my sister Ellen taught me about dignity and the importance of being seen

Harvey Max Chochinov

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It’s clear Carney is now dealing with the world ‘as it is’

Shannon Proudfoot

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Public transit can anchor us in an evolving shared urban fabric

Craig Sklenar

A test train sits at Sloane Station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) in Toronto on Sept. 21, 2025.

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WestJet’s reconfigured planes are perfect – if you’re a toddler, or a glutton for punishment

Robyn Urback

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Business & Finance

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a meeting in South Korea last year. Carney's trip to China next week will be the first visit by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years.

Canada’s tariff deal with China, Trump’s attack on U.S. Fed and National Bank’s new Dubai office: Must-read business and investing stories

Abigale Subdhan

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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President of China Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

analysis

Carney’s EV deal with Beijing is high-wire diplomacy with risks on both sides

Mark Rendell

4 min read

(FILES) This photograph taken on January 10, 2024 shows electric cars for export waiting to be loaded on the "BYD Explorer NO.1", a domestically manufactured vessel intended to export Chinese automobiles, at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province. Canada will allow 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles to be imported under new, preferential tariff rates, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on January 16, 2026 after reaching a trade deal with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Carney’s tariff deal with China could risk auto-sector competitiveness, industry leaders say

Irene Galea

4 min read

The immigration shift away from Canada’s three biggest cities

Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal combined now account for less than half of new immigrants

2 min read

Home of the Week: 146 National Drive, Town of The Blue Mountains, Ont.

Home of the Week: Blue Mountains chalet nurtures an outdoor lifestyle

Carolyn Ireland

3 min read

People walk north on Bay St. as they head to work in Toronto’s Financial Dsitrict on July 9, 2025. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)

Ontario’s new pay transparency rules could be a big win for your financial plan

Meera Raman

4 min read

Winnipeg hairstylist, 37, struggling to repay $10,000 line of credit after a few emergencies

Saira Peesker

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Opinion and Analysis

Shadow, a black Labrador retriever-mix, dashes through fresh snow on Christmas Eve along in East Derry, N.H. The writer has put off getting a black lab for the family after considering time and resources.

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Why my family is delaying pet ownership until our kids are older

Erin Bury

4 min read

Stock image of a beautiful young woman studying a see through computer screen & contemplating.

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In this soft labour market, the effective skills-based hiring strategy may follow the same path as remote work

Linda Nazareth

4 min read

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaks to the media at Ritan Park in Beijing, China, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Quite the achievement for Mr. Carney in Beijing. Now what?

John Rapley

4 min read

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney inspects an honour guard during an official welcoming at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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Why is Mark Carney in Beijing? Blame the weather in Washington

Tony Keller

4 min read

Life & Culture

Bookworm chic is hot right now – even if you don’t actually read

From Dior’s luxury totes to book-themed merch with instantly recognizable covers, reading is in

The Dior Men Summer 2026 looks includes a book cover collection of totes.

Nathalie Atkinson

4 min read

Second-wave Korean skin-care products to simplify your routine

Ingrie Williams

3 min read

Go ahead moms, dads and teens – swear if you need to. Just be mindful of how you do it

David Robertson

4 min read

Dozens of valuable artworks believed to be missing from Montreal home

Josh O’Kane

A photograph of Richard Kastner taken from an online obituary.

2 min read

Bangkok’s Chinatown brims with succulent food and even better art

Arundhati Hazra

Bangkok-Yaowarat Road 210175MKA Travel Story for Bangkok Chinatown food and art tour.

4 min read

Canada & World

Snow covered, damaged Russian military vehicles are on display in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Over 200,000 homes in Russian-occupied Ukraine without power after drone strikes, local official says

Moscow has hammered Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks, killing at least two people, say Ukrainian officials

3 min read

NUUK, GREENLAND - JANUARY 17: People bear Greenlandic flags as they march to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. Greenlandic, Danish and other European leaders are hoping they can still avert an intervention by the United States to forcefully acquire the island as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to insist the U.S. must have Greenland, suggesting even by military means if necessary. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Trump to impose new tariff on European countries opposed to Greenland plan

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Federal agents stand guard, in front of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, during a protest more than a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 17, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald

1,500 more federal troops could be deployed to Minnesota, U.S. officials say

3 min read

A restricted gun licence holder holds an AR-15 at his home in Langley, B.C., on May 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Federal firearm buyback program to open Monday with March 31 registration deadline

4 min read

Toronto police officers look on as people take part in a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Nov. 29, 2025.

opinion

Politicians have no place telling police how to do their jobs

Marcus Gee

4 min read

A man carrying a mattress walks along a road amid destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 10, 2026. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)

Carney accepts Trump’s invitation to join ‘Board of Peace’ on future of Gaza, official says

2 min read

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